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Old 29th January 2005, 04:41 AM   #1
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This just arrived today. Another arm dagger for my growing African collection. Don't ask me why I just really like this style of knife and I think this is number four with another on it's way. This one has a 8" blade and a rather plain wood handle. The scabbard is quite nicely done with lizard skin trim. On on side of the scabbard there is a symbol or letters which was later translated by one of my friends as "Allah". My guess is mid 20th century as far as age goes. Any other comments or information will be appreciated.



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Old 29th January 2005, 12:20 PM   #2
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Yes, the translation is 'Allah'. The scabbard is more elaborate than the blade.
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Old 30th January 2005, 08:30 PM   #3
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Hi Louis,This one has silver wire on the handle.I have just recieved this weekend, a copy of De fer et de fierte' from the Barbier-Mueller museum,as recommended by Freddy.This is a must for people in to Africa, it does not have everything but what book does? [IMG]http://[/IMG] Tim
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Old 30th January 2005, 08:56 PM   #4
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This is my contribution to the topic.

A dagger that lives last decade in my home. It has plain wood hilt with silver pommel.

I suppose that lot of forumites have one
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Old 31st January 2005, 04:03 AM   #5
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Nice daggers gentleman! Here are two others for show. I wonder how many variations of this type of dagger are out there?


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Old 1st February 2005, 03:23 AM   #6
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This one arrived today and it is very similar to the ones I saw in an earlier thread. The blade is 10" long and has some written in Arabic but I have no Idea what it says. This is the thread that I mentioned.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=111



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Old 24th February 2005, 07:00 PM   #7
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I think this little Mangbetu piece is an arm dagger.There is a small leather loop on the back of the scabbard.It is too top heavy to stay in position unless touching the body.Tim
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